AFRICAI-RI

Duración

01/09/2025 - 31/08/2029

Coordinador

Universitat de Barcelona

Financiadores

EDCTP3

AFRICAI-RI’s goal is to establish the very first federated, multi-institution imaging data infrastructure for Africa, addressing a critical gap in the continent’s biomedical resources.

The consortium, of which ISGlobal is a partner, will leverage extensive international expertise to adapt successful imaging solutions to fit the unique requirements and diverse environments within SSA. To this end, we will employ a highly inclusive, co-creation approach, with the active involvement of 10 centres from SSA, representing a spectrum of geographical, cultural and healthcare contexts.

AFRICAI-RI is creating:

• A network of secure, interoperable data nodes across ten African institutions
• A central support hub for onboarding new sites
• Advanced tools for data curation, quality checks and metadata management
• A federated learning platform enabling AI development without transferring sensitive data

AFRICAI-RI is not only building technology, it is building capacity, confidence and collaboration.

Total funding

€4,999,075.00